Pontefract

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• Today: 22° / 15° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:28

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leeds Centre, United Kingdom

361 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences109
• Shoplifting78
• Anti-social behaviour65
• Public order28

15 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wakefield East · West Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

589 reported road collisions (2024)

187 killed or seriously injured · 754 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

344 food businesses within 2 miles

• 310 rated 4–5 ★ (276 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pontefract Tanshelf (0.5 km)
• 90 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£198,519 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across Wakefield · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£800 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £572
• 2 bed £721
• 3 bed £863

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (5.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (3.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Stuart Road car Park (2) (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms8
• Sports pitches26
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

353,364 residents in Wakefield · 1,044/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 64 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,297 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (48% of 165,130)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

158 schools · 56,852 pupils

113 primary · 18 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 51 of 61 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

141inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wakefield

304 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices42
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies85
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wakefield

• Not in the Green Belt
• 65 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

257 applications decided

90.3% granted · 232 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Yvette Cooper

Labour

Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Con 1
• LD 2
• Grn 1
• Ref 55
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens52
• Restaurants & cafés89

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

524 jobs advertised · £42,451 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Roadside Mechanic, Outpatients Sister

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,460 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 204,474 certificates

13.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

91% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 46% · Wind 43% · Imports 6% · Gas 3%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 53.8 women · 54 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership373 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance337 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test286 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Pontefract Library · 0.0 km

  Pontefract Library is a public library in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The present day building is notable as one of the last examples of architecture by John Poulson

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  Chequerfield · 0.0 km

  Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

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  Pontefract · 0.0 km

  Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of York…

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  St Giles' Church, Pontefract · 0.1 km

  The Church of St. Giles' in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is Grade II* listed. St Giles is one of two Anglica…

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  Pontefract Museum · 0.1 km

  Pontefract Museum is a local museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history. The museum opened in 1975.

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  Pontefract Market Hall · 0.2 km

  Pontefract Market Hall is a market hall in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1860. Pontefract market takes place both in the hall and on the Market Place on which the hall is situated. It was de…

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